Newsflash! “Well, it’s finally happened, Diane turns 60!”
Before I go on about how this feels from my perspective, let me first say that aging is a privilege. To have reached what feels like a fictitious number is a blessing that’s for sure… Some have not been so fortunate…
From within my skin I’m not sure how I got here so quickly. Sometimes life seems to just chug along and before you know it you are celebrating what others call a milestone. I do feel older in some respects, but 60, how did this happen?
It seems like just yesterday I was climbing apple trees, playing touch football with the boys, tap, ballet and jazz dancing, wearing bell-bottom pants, tie-dyed t-shirts, granny dresses and psychedelic swirls of colour on my grade 8 graduation dress.
It seems like just yesterday that I became a Mother. And yet my daughters are grown with families of their own. The good news is that what was once a small family is growing and growing!
And yet… There are so many things I still want to do, some call it a bucket list. I always look forward making life count one day at a time. Living, breathing and enjoying every moment and sharing that with the people I love most in the world, my family! I look forward to growing old gracefully. I look forward every day to seeing the reality of the many ideas, desires and dreams I have carried for so long in my heart becoming a reality!
“There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments and most of the time we are ageless.”
Milan Kundera
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